First Steps Parents of Newborns Program is there with some answers and much-needed help for new parents - and even seasoned ones.

One of the events the group puts on is their Parent's First Baby Showers. Taking place in different venues across Chatham County, this event is similar to a job fair, where participants go booth to booth to get information, help and advice, while having a little fun along the way.

It is designed to give new parents insight of what's to come and what to expect when bringing a baby home. One such event took place May 10.

"It doesn't matter if it is their first or their fourth," said Colette Balder, group founder. "It is still a new dynamic, a new challenge with new worries. We are here for them."

Retired pediatrician Dr. Tom Clark is a regular at these events. He is always readily available to talk to an expecting or a new parent about something he strongly believes in. "It's never too early to educate," is his mantra.

Also among those taking part were representatives of Department of Family and Children Services, Poison Control, Backus Children's Hospital, Doula Deliveries and Safe Kids.

To make the "shower" informative and fun, each group offered games with prizes.

One such game was called, "Is it too small?" where visitors get a chance to decorate a paper towel tube and then fit various items through the tube such as small toys, buttons and hard candy. If it went down the tube smoothly, it is too small for an infant to either play with or eat.

Other games were the duck pond game, where parents had to guess what is the correct water temperature for baby's bath to prevent scalding. Or the medicine-guessing game, where household items such as Comet could look to a child as Parmesan cheese or orange Skittles looked like an over-the-counter medication known as Sudafed. This game was designed to bring the level of parental awareness up to show how such common items can look to a baby.

These showers are offered by the R.O.C.K. Group (Raising Our Children Kindly) a nonprofit organization designed to help parents and children develop strong and loving relationships.